Meditation can help ward off Alzheimer’s disease by keeping the mind younger for longer
From the Daily Express
"Research appears to show those practising the technique can boost the grey matter in their brains.
Scientists believe this could lead to a new tool to combat the growing rate of mental illness in an ageing population.
We can start to lose some functional abilities from as early as our mid-20s.
But tests appear to show the process is slowed up by contemplation.
Dr Florian Kurth, of the University of California, Los Angeles, said his team was surprised by the difference in brain volume among participants who had meditated for years and those who had not...." FULL ARTICLE
This example of 'mind over matter', where thought processes affect the structure of the brain (rather than vice versa), demonstrates the mysterious phenomenon of 'downward causation', which really shouldn't happen if the mind is just an epiphenomenon or emergent property of the brain.
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